FAC Scholarship 2010 in University of Hohenheim

Scholarships

In 2010, FSC awards up to 29 scholarships for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers for a period of 4 to 36 months, starting April 15, 2010. The Center wishes to attract outstanding PhD students and postdoctoral fellows pursuing a career in academia or development collaboration. The scholarships aim at increasing their previously gained scientific knowledge and skills relevant to food security related issues. Furthermore, FSC aims at establishing an active, long-lasting collaboration with the supported researchers and their home institutions.


FSC offers three categories of scholarships:

1.   Sandwich scholarships for PhD students (6 months):

a. for PhD students from developing countries, who are interested to conduct part of their PhD research at the University of Hohenheim (South – North)

b. for PhD students from developing countries, who are interested to conduct part of their research at a national or international research institute in a developing country (but not their country of origin / residence), for instance one of the centers of the CGIAR (South – South)

c. for PhD students of the University of Hohenheim, who are interested to conduct part of their research at a research institute in a developing country (North – South)

2.   Research scholarships for visiting postdoctoral researchers (4 months):

a. for postdoctoral researchers from developing countries, who are interested to conduct research at the University of Hohenheim (South – North)

b. for postdoctoral researchers from developing countries, who are interested to conduct research at a national or international research institute in a developing country (but not their country of origin / residence), for instance one of the centers of the CGIAR (South – South)

c. for postdoctoral researchers of the University of Hohenheim, who are interested to conduct research at a research institute in a developing country (North – South)

The application deadline for all scholarships in category 1 and 2 is January 30, 2010. Please read the information carefully before you apply. Only complete applications will be considered.

3.   Excellence scholarships for FSC-supported PhD program at the University of Hohenheim (36 months):

FSC is supporting excellent PhD students to participate in the FSC-supported PhD program at the University of Hohenheim, mainly students from developing countries, but few scholarships are as well provided to students from Germany. The detailed application information for the scholarships of this category will be posted on FSC’s webpage end of January 2010; the PhD program will start in August 2010.

a. for PhD students from developing countries

b. for PhD students from Germany

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